As it happens in project with a deadline and a lot of moving parts, something always seems to come to throw the schedule off. The first floor of our renovation project ended up being on a time crunch.
It was actually a thing of beauty for the most part in that trucks bearing ‘gifts’ arrived at the correct time and workers were moving things in and out of the rooms in a symphonic tempo. Mattresses and box springs were removed from the rooms, sofa beds were taken down, lounge chairs and desk chairs joined the line. The rooms seemed empty for just a few minutes and then the ordered was reversed. The truck full of old items began its trek off the parking lot and a truck with the new mattresses and box springs arrived, followed by the truck bringing sofa beds and then lounge chairs and desk chairs. The Housekeeping department awaited the setting of the box spring to install the bed skirt and then the mattresses were placed.
In one day 27 rooms came to life and seemed to be instantly completed and ready for renting. Don’t forget all this followed the in-and-out of wall vinyl installers, painters, and carpet layers. The 8 days of the process ended up squeezing about 12 days of work. Extra time was necessary to do some work on the ceilings. This work forced the renovation crew out of the way and the work slowed down. It took all hands on deck to bring the project back on schedule.
For two days before the rooms came back into the inventory, we had a lot of people working together; Banquets sent a team, housekeeping, and Engineering were there, even the CEO of our company and the Operations Manager from our corporate office pitched in. We installed wall plates, plugged in and tested phones, lamps, radio, televisions, headboards were hung furniture was placed in the correct spot, draperies, black-outs and sheers were hung. Security latches, evacuation signs, bathroom outlets and light switches were replaced. Finally everything was dusted and cleaned, beds were made final punch list done and checked.
Whew! That was tiresome to just talk about and I was just giving you a sampling! And by the way, the day that the floor is ready to go back into service is the day that we begin stripping another floor to begin the process all over again. To date we have done the routine two times. Two floors of the hotel are now renovated. There are some things still to go back and do because of items that we have not received from manufacturers but the rooms are fresh and beautiful. We are now on our third batch of rooms and things are beginning to go smoothlier (is that a word?). All while we enter the peak of our season!
If you are visiting us soon, your chances are quickly increasing of ending up in a newly renovated room!
In keeping with Inn Keeping,
Javier
Some photos of the renovation in progress:
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